This English bitter styled ale pours a vibrant amber/copper with a medium thick creamy head. Aromas of toasty cereal and nuts on the nose; the palate is medium-bodied and offers moderate bitterness with toasted grain and nut flavours balanced by a touch of sweet caramel-like notes followed by a medium finish.

Grand opening at Chili's in Uniontown. First brew that I've had from Goose Island. An not very familiar with English bitters, so this may not be the best review. Anyway, the color is great! Not cask conditioned, but from regular tap conditions. To me. A very drinkable offering!

Amber orange color with a thin head.
Aroma with notes of mild pine, some caramels and English hops.
Flavor with notes of caramels, earthy and spicy hops, mild ginger, slightly toasted malts, tea and some yellow fruit citrusy. Dry aftertaste with a medium but persistent bitterness.
Light body with appropriate carbonation of tiny bubbles.
Pleasant English Bitter, perfectly balanced and very easy to drink. I could have a few in a blink.

Right off the bat you're treated to an appealing deep amber color with generous cream to top it off. Really nice, rich, and honey-like smooth taste and feel accompanied with malt and hop flavors. Light bitter after taste which I like. An ESB that is exactly what it's supposed to be. A really enjoyable beer.

Here we got a great hop citric bouquet, like a IPA, but the flavor is a classic ESB, with a full malted body. The hop here makes this beer more refreshing than its english cousins and with a better smell.

Overall it is exactly what you would expect from a american ESB. I would like to see a more radical take on this style, with more hops, but mantaining the classic malted character of a english beer.

Was my favorite beer for over a decade and lost it's place on the palate's top choice a year before it was purchased by Inbev. Within 3 years of the sell it was difficult to find. 12 packs disappeared ages ago. I still consider it one of the best sessionable and lower calorie beer choices. I actually prefer to age it a bit. 2-3 years at a slowly up and down temperature level in my basement in a dead freezer. Aging used to be incouraged on the Christmas Ale at the time which was always just an ESB version of Honkers Ale. The aging turns into a more lovable beer. Poured from a bottle a golden brown color, good carbonation and 3/4" head. Aroma- sweet malt and fruity. Taste- malt forward, hops on the subtile on the back end. Feel- smooth but nothing special a slight dry feel. Overall the lack of beers in the local area and nation as a whole ignoring this style is alarming.

Taste: Good flavor for a low ABV brew, tasty, caramely malty, not a whole lot but what's there counts. Malt carries with hops riding along. The darker malts used have a touch more roastiness than I would choose for this type beer. The roast bitterness carries through the finish leaving a slightly bitter aftertaste. Or that could be hops as well but the bitter note is off putting.

Texture: Medium body, good heft to it.

Overall: Good example of what can be done with a mild brew. If I were calorie counting this would certainly be on the list.

On tap at GI in O'Hare Airport. Clear, coppery color and a decent off-white head. Some hops on the nose but more a faint yeasty/bready aroma. The taste is bitter at first but the caramelly malts quickly sweeten it up. Very well balanced malt-to hops and a nice, fruity ale taste. Very full-flavored for such a modest ABV. We were on our way to London and in the days following, I had a few better but many worse. Good effort from Goose Island.

T: Rich malty flavor that dries into a caramel note. Fruity flavors also present, but dominated by the malt.

F: Light carbonation that fades quikly to leaves a sugary taste with a bit of biterness.

O: Nice, easy to drink, beer that has a dominant malt flavor. Color is little ordinary, but it seems more golden under certain ligh condition. Could have been a bit more carbonated for a richer mouthfeel.

Pours clear copper color with a 1-2 finger foamy beige colored head that faded slowly and left decent spotty lacing.

Smells of toasted grains, light yeast, floral hops, caramel, light lemon zest and cardboard. Earthy notes come out along with some citrus and blend in well with the malt base. Smells nice but very basic and nothing really jumps out - it's a very even smelling brew with equal parts hops and malts.

Tastes very much like it smells with sweet malt, caramel, toasted grains, yeast, floral hops, lemon zest, tea leaf, a little grapefruit bunch of earthy notes. Some more pronounced fruity flavors come out but can't get past the malt base, so like the aroma it's a very even tasting with equal parts hops and just a little stronger malt sweetness.

Mouthfeel is light and almost smooth, with mild carbonation, a hint of bitterness and a malty/grainy sweetness that trails off with toffee or caramel and a semi-dry feel.

Overall it's a good basic beer and seems to fit the English Bitter style quite well.

L = Nice clear amber
S = You can smell the hops up front, but the malt comes through nicely.
T = Enough malt to balance out the hops. Very nice especially since I am not such a hop fan. I liked this one a lot.
F = Pretty dry. Not too much of an aftertaste. Should go well with a meal.

Clear copper color with a bit of beige head. Aroma has some sweet malts, honey and sweet orange. Taste starts really balanced, malty, fruity with a touch of caramel. It gets bitter towards the finish making for an overall really balanced taste profile. Medium body with crisp carbonation. Quite tasty for the low ABV but also very drinkable.

Bought on clearance at target (A six pack for 4 bucks!) Bottle date of aug 2015.

Appearance: Nice amber color. Lacing isn't too serious but that's ok.
Aroma: Hops hit the nose rather hard. Some malty-sweetness comes through but I mostly get hops.
Taste: This is where I was pleasantly surprised. Malty sweetness hits the tongue, balanced out rather well with the bitterness of the hops. But not too bitter at 30 IBU's. Biscuity, caramel-y.
Mouthfeel: The maltiness is great when it's in your mouth, but leaves kind of dry for me. This is kind of a bummer because I enjoy the maltiness sticking around a bit. Moderate carbonation, obviously not too watery.

Overall: Better than expected. If it was on tap, I'd definitely give it a shot. It could be improved greatly by reducing the dryness in my opinion.